Watch Ryan Lochte Crush 400 IM Field in Austin

Jan 16, 2016; Austin, TX, USA; Ryan Lochte swims in the men's 400 meter IM final during the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series at Lee & Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center. Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports

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Original 400 IM report:

SwimMAC’s Ryan Lochte dropped six seconds from his prelim swim to capture the men’s 400-meter IM at the 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Austin.

Lochte smoked the rest of the field with a top time of 4:12.66. That swim would have ranked him eighth in the world last year, and third among Americans behind Chase Kalisz (4:10.05) and Tyler Clary (4:11.71).

Kalisz, meanwhile, picked up silver tonight in a time of 4:14.64, while Josh Prenot placed third in 4:15.07. Prenot won the 200 breast last night, so this is his second podium paycheck.

Clary (4:18.12), Gator’s Dan Wallace (4:18.37), Nitro’s Sean Grieshop (4:21.24), Andrew Seliskar(4:21.90) and Ous Mellouli (4:23.51) also competed in the finale.

South Africa’s Michael Meyer topped the B final in 4:22.17. Gator’s Sebastien Rousseau finished second in 4:25.45 with N.C. State’s Christian McCurdy claiming third in 4:25.52.

                            === A - Final ===                            
 
  1 Lochte, Ryan     31 SwimMAC Carolina  4:18.51    4:12.66 OLY    
             26.03        55.82 (29.79)
        1:28.44 (32.62)     2:00.12 (31.68)
        2:36.18 (36.06)     3:12.85 (36.67)
        3:42.84 (29.99)     4:12.66 (29.82)
  2 Kalisz, Chase    21 North Baltimore   4:20.08    4:14.64 OLY    
             26.92        58.74 (31.82)
        1:32.30 (33.56)     2:05.24 (32.94)
        2:40.21 (34.97)     3:15.69 (35.48)
        3:46.15 (30.46)     4:14.64 (28.49)
  3 Prenot, Josh     22 UN                4:19.41    4:15.07 OLY    
             27.17        58.43 (31.26)
        1:32.90 (34.47)     2:06.35 (33.45)
        2:41.09 (34.74)     3:15.04 (33.95)
        3:45.95 (30.91)     4:15.07 (29.12)
  4 Clary, Tyler     26 SwimMAC Carolina  4:19.42    4:18.12 OLY    
             26.82        57.45 (30.63)
        1:29.94 (32.49)     2:01.50 (31.56)
        2:38.42 (36.92)     3:16.47 (38.05)
        3:47.49 (31.02)     4:18.12 (30.63)
  5 Wallace, Dan     22 Gator Swim Club   4:23.17    4:18.37 OLY    
             27.37        59.07 (31.70)
        1:33.59 (34.52)     2:06.95 (33.36)
        2:43.04 (36.09)     3:19.36 (36.32)
        3:49.44 (30.08)     4:18.37 (28.93)
  6 Grieshop, Sean   17 Nitro Swimming    4:20.89    4:21.24 OLY    
             27.94        59.54 (31.60)
        1:33.25 (33.71)     2:05.87 (32.62)
        2:43.90 (38.03)     3:21.99 (38.09)
        3:52.17 (30.18)     4:21.24 (29.07)
  7 Seliskar, Andre  19 UN                4:23.86    4:21.90 OLY    
             27.22        59.12 (31.90)
        1:32.85 (33.73)     2:07.49 (34.64)
        2:43.93 (36.44)     3:21.96 (38.03)
        3:52.67 (30.71)     4:21.90 (29.23)
  8 Mellouli, Ous    31 UN/Unattached     4:24.46    4:23.51 OLY    
             28.00      1:00.02 (32.02)
        1:34.97 (34.95)     2:08.68 (33.71)
        2:46.03 (37.35)     3:23.77 (37.74)
        3:54.14 (30.37)     4:23.51 (29.37)
 
                            === B - Final ===                            
 
  9 Meyer, Michael   23 SA                4:25.20    4:22.17 OLY    
             27.66        59.41 (31.75)
        1:34.11 (34.70)     2:06.97 (32.86)
        2:43.88 (36.91)     3:20.90 (37.02)
        3:52.41 (31.51)     4:22.17 (29.76)
 10 Rousseau, Sebas  25 Gator Swim Club   4:27.99    4:25.45 OLY    
             27.88        59.44 (31.56)
        1:34.62 (35.18)     2:08.56 (33.94)
        2:46.70 (38.14)     3:25.16 (38.46)
        3:56.15 (30.99)     4:25.45 (29.30)
 11 McCurdy, Christ  21 NCS               4:24.51    4:25.52 OLY    
             27.97        59.72 (31.75)
        1:34.71 (34.99)     2:08.14 (33.43)
        2:45.88 (37.74)     3:24.84 (38.96)
        3:55.96 (31.12)     4:25.52 (29.56)
 12 Persson, Erik    22 Sweden            4:28.29    4:26.54 OLY    
             28.62      1:01.31 (32.69)
        1:36.69 (35.38)     2:11.11 (34.42)
        2:47.42 (36.31)     3:24.00 (36.58)
        3:56.11 (32.11)     4:26.54 (30.43)
 13 Snyder, Austin   22 NCS               4:27.81    4:27.69 NAT    
             28.29        59.86 (31.57)
        1:34.99 (35.13)     2:09.07 (34.08)
        2:47.46 (38.39)     3:26.68 (39.22)
        3:57.88 (31.20)     4:27.69 (29.81)
 14 Arakelian, Nick  19 Queens Universit  4:28.44    4:28.38 NAT    
             29.67      1:04.03 (34.36)
        1:37.09 (33.06)     2:11.28 (34.19)
        2:48.27 (36.99)     3:26.91 (38.64)
        3:58.25 (31.34)     4:28.38 (30.13)
 15 Darragh, Macken  22 U. of Missouri    4:28.25    4:31.42 NAT    
             28.00        59.84 (31.84)
        1:35.64 (35.80)     2:11.34 (35.70)
        2:50.00 (38.66)     3:28.07 (38.07)
        4:00.11 (32.04)     4:31.42 (31.31)
 16 Hamdy Salem, Ah  23 Egypt             4:28.45    4:38.97        
             28.67      1:01.44 (32.77)
        1:37.87 (36.43)     2:13.22 (35.35)
        2:53.98 (40.76)     3:35.42 (41.44)
        4:07.71 (32.29)     4:38.97 (31.26)

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